It’s nice to revisit older blog posts since many continue to have relevance today.
I was researching another capability of AI recently and came across the following statement on this page (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg681998.aspx) License reconciliation limitations The reconciliation of the quantity of installed software titles to the quantity of purchased software licenses is calculated by using a comparison of the license quantity specified by the administrator and the quantity of installed software titles collected from Configuration Manager client hardware inventories based on the schedule set by the administrator. This comparison does not represent a final Microsoft conclusion of the license positions. The actual license position depends on the specific software title license and usage rights granted by the license terms. So I wonder, of those who are using AI, have you used the generated information to guide activities such as license true-ups, optimization of deployed apps, or audit responses? Even though Microsoft provides this basic AI capability, they don’t place much weight on its output. Yes, I work for a vendor. I’m not going into a sales pitch, I’m just curious to hear your thoughts on OOB SCCM AI. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 12:15 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [mssms] AI on CM 12 That's it! Thanks. This blog explains how I am getting my license info into CM. http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/07/13/performing-a-software-true-up-in-under-5-minutes/ My new site is http://systemcenteradmin.com but there's not much there yet. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Johnston Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 10:20 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [mssms] AI on CM 12 Might be a start: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/author/johnmarcum/ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 11:15 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [mssms] AI on CM 12 I really need to repost all of my blogs on my own website. I can't ever find them on myitforum.com anymore. I know there's a URL that will take me to all of my posts but I can never find it. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pedro Henrique Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 9:21 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] AI on CM 12 John, Please, can you share your blogpost link? 2014-09-09 11:18 GMT-03:00 Marcum, John <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: That's true. You cannot import multiple files. You have to consolidate them into one. Each time you import it overwrites rather than appends. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Pedro Henrique Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 9:02 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] AI on CM 12 Hi Nash, Thank you for this information. On my case, the customer have SCCM working fine, and AI working fine also. But when we import one EA file this overwrite the other EA file, and we have 5 E/CSV files/contracts. Tnx 2014-09-09 10:50 GMT-03:00 Nash Pherson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: ConfigMgr can import license .CSV files, as long as they are in exactly the right format. “Create a General License Statement Information File for Import<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712322.aspx#BKMK_CreateGeneralLicenseStatement>” There are many 3rd Party Products out there such as BDNA Normalize<http://www.bdna.com/bdna-normalize/> and 1E AppClarity<http://www.1e.com/appclarity-software-asset-management/> which help consolidate and normalize the asset intelligence data so it is easily matched up with license info. The folks at CoreTech have a nice free utility for extending the ConfigMgr console with a tool to add/edit 3rd party license info for AI: http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/asset-intelligence-3rd-party-software-utility/ Also, be sure to have the latest cumulative update for ConfigMgr installed, as they often are making tweaks to support the MVLS license import stuff and the reports. I hope that helps, Nash Nash Pherson Microsoft MVP, Enterprise Client Managment Senior Systems Consultant Now Micro [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Desk: 651-796-1168<tel:651-796-1168> Cell: 507-304-0946<tel:507-304-0946> [nowmicro]<http://www.nowmicro.com/> [Speaker Signature]<http://www.devconnections.com/> IT/Dev Connections<http://www.devconnections.com/> September 15-19, 2014<http://www.devconnections.com/> [mms]<http://mms.mnscug.org> Midwest Management Summit<http://mms.mnscug.org/> November 10-12, 2014<http://mms.mnscug.org/> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Pedro Henrique Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:35 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] AI on CM 12 Folks, My customer has multiples AE contracts, how can I import thes CSV files in SCCM 2012 R2 for AI? 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